Line-up notes: Ben Revere is again leading off, this time with Jimmy Rollins also in the line-up, Chase Utley returns after not traveling with the team to Fort Myers, and Ryan Howard is starting his fifth consecutive Spring game. Domonic Brown is hitting sixth while Darin Ruf will rejoin the line-up after sitting out two games in the seven hole. This line-up, excluding the DH, is probably very close to what you will see on Opening Day in Atlanta barring any surprises.

I see we’re back to Utley and Howard 3 and 4 against the lefty starter Maholm. Just an observation…start reacting to daily lineups right now, and you couyld go nuts.

Here’s what I’ve started to wonder about that I wonder if someone might have an explanation on.. All we’ve heard regarding Delmon Young, the plan is to play him in right field. With Brown asserting himself so far, and possessing a strong arm, and seemingly getting comfty in right by presumably playing there through the rest of ST, why is Young, so long time removed from the OF, and I believe especially RF targeted for RF. Why not just figure him for LF if he does wind up playing regularly?

I’m guessing that that comment from Amaro (regarding D Young being the right fielder in a perfect world), was meant for D. Young. i.e. that some assurance was made that he would get a shot at RF as a condition for signing with the Phils.

On the Upton double, for what it’s worth, Revere made a very decent throw back in. One hp, I guess some guys make it on the fly, but if a runner were trying to score on his arm, depending on the jump, they might hve nailed the guy. Tend to watch sdomerthing like that considering Ben’s rep for a poor arm.

Good call by Wheels on Brown playing Heyward’s base hit well, and he made a nice throw too, strong and accurate.

Ruf could have played the single/2 base error better, and made a really weak throw in. Before that (T3), Phils were playing 2011 type defense, the year they led the league in fielding percentage, but still drew criticism for lack of range. In other words, they were at least making the plays they were supposed to make (Young and Hamels made nice plays on grounders).

That’s one thing I wish they would replace…our entire tv broadcasting team. I always considered Andy Musser as my least favorite announcer growing up, but I’d gladly take him anyday over the 3 clowns we have in there now. You are being too kind Andrew. Wheeler is terrible.

I really like Franzke… T-Mc and LA are alright… Sarge is ok in small doses. But I’m not a Wheels fan… I think he knows his stuff but he’s just too analytic. Sometimes, you have to let the game do the talking… take a moment to let the viewer/listener hear the sounds of the ballpark (Harry was great at that). If Wheels was reading this, I’d tell him that you don’t have to analyze every single second of every single game. Sometimes, a ball is a ball and it doesn’t matter why it’s a ball and what pitch you think the pitcher is going to throw next because he threw that ball and why you think the batter is having a good at bat… it was off the plate, Wheels.

When you say you didn’t like Musser, I wonder if you followed basketnall to the point where you listened to him, and if so, had the same distaste for his work. I think it was pretty widespread feeling, and seemed apparent to me that Andy was a much better basketball announcer. That was one thing I admired about Bill Campbell, he seemed very adept at all 3 sports. I don’t know that his style back then would go over well now (announcers are more personable, or personality driven now).

On Wheeler, I’m amazed, more so by McCarthy and how much he (but both) seems disliked, but he keeps his job. I was never over the top vocal about disliking the two, but I made my feelings clear on occasion. I just git tired of complainiung. My tendency now is if I can’t say something nice about them, I just shut up. I thought Wheels picked up on some action nicely, and gave him some credit today on a Brown defensive play..

I don’t like Sarge at all, but he’s tthe sort of guy that inspires guilt if you criticize him. He is more the master of the obvious than at least 1 female I know. There. I giot out without ripping the whole species.